Maryland Contractor Documents its Illegal Deal and Pays $2.15 Million to Settle Fraud Claims
Why would a contractor create a contract for illegal work? I really don't know. Late last year, the FBI announced that a Maryland contractor, Forrester Construction Company, agreed to pay $2.15 million dollars to resolve a criminal investigation into alleged fraud in connection with the use of disadvantaged business enterprises involving more than $145 million of District of Columbia government contracts. Under this scheme, Forrester entered into joint venture agreements [...]